Improved spring-bed bottom



/fia -/fy//ff an 20@ wy ".PETERS, PHOTOLITNOGRAPMER. WASHINGTON, D C

in the county of St. Joseph, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Springtnitrd mes gaat eine.

Letters Patent .N 98,230, dated .December 28, 1869.

'f IMPROVED SPRING-:BED BOTTOM.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame To all whom lit may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANDREW COLE, of Mishawaka,

Bed Bottom; and I do hereby declare that the'followingis afull, clear,and exact description thereof,

which will enable others skilled in the art to makel and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ot' thisspccilication.

The object ci' this invention is to provide a durable, simple, andhighly-elastic' bottom for beds; and

It consists in tue construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafterdescribed.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure l represents a top or plan View.Figure 2 is aver-tical cross-section. Similar' letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts.

A are transverse elastic wooden slats, which are supported at each endon metallic spiral bed-springs B. 'lhesprings B rest onlongitudinalbed-pieces C, which are supported by the side-rails of' thebedst-ead. At cach cornerot'the bed-bottoni 'there is a conical pillaror stand,.1), on the top of which, at cach end,

y there is secured a substantial cross-piece, E.

F represents wires, which are attached to these cross-pieces, betweenwhich wires the slats are secured, as seen in the drawing.

and State of Indiana,

'lhe slats A are Woven in the wires forming the warp,7 and the slats thefilling The spring slats are in this manner securely tied together, andall lateral movement is prevented.

The ,spring of the bed-bottom is all in a vertical direction, andtheconical bed-springs are so held by the wires that they cannot bedisplaced.

The stands or pillars I), at each corner of' the bottoni, with thecross-pieces E, are fixed and rigid points, from which the slats andsprings are. supported.

lhis is a simple, cheap, and durable bed-bottom, and its advantages willbe readily understood and appreciated by all.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The bed-bottom,consisting of thel longitudinal rails O, provided at each end with thefixed conical pillars 1),*120 which are secured the cross-pieces E,forming thesupport ot' the middle and outer wires F, with -which theslats A are interwoven, thc latter resting at their ends on spiralsprings B, as shown and described.

vANDREW COLE. Witnesses:

F. K. EBERHART, H. E. HURLBUT.

